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ronald reagan sent over 200 marines to their death and there was no public outrage. where is the republican outrage? only because of obama do we get this kind of reaction. thank you. host: edward, from miami, florida, this morning. another editorial, from being west, former infantryman. host: that is from the former assistant secretary of defense. we're taking your calls on this issue. b.j., good morning. caller: good morning. my question is, who is joe kelly? why would brought well be sending her threatening e-mails? -- broadwell be sending her a threat in e-mails? host: do you think the senate needs to hold a hearing on this? caller: absolutely. i look forward to his testimony under oath this time, rather than giving the cock and bull story from before. it is all because of the video tape. now he cannot be blackmailed by anyone. host: joe kelly is described as a 37-year-old social liaison at the air force base in tampa. host: did he have an affair with her? is that when he was so upset? -- caller: did he have an affair with her? is that why he was so upset? host: d
ronald reagan sent over 200 marines to their death and there was no public outrage. where is the republican outrage? only because of obama do we get this kind of reaction. thank you. host: edward, from miami, florida, this morning. another editorial, from being west, former infantryman. host: that is from the former assistant secretary of defense. we're taking your calls on this issue. b.j., good morning. caller: good morning. my question is, who is joe kelly? why would brought well be sending...
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you go back through history, you look at ronald reagan in 1985. granted, he was the president, but when he got cancer and was at bethesda naval hospital, we had ex-usual crating detail with charts and graphs and all that. but does that apply in this case? probably not. i think each case has to be looked at differently. so it's a very tough question to answer. host: the comments of david lightman, joining us on the phone. he covers congress for mcclatchy newspapers. thanks very much for checking in with us on this friday morning. >> oh, pleasure, thank you. host: our phone lines are open. you can also join the conversation on our twitter page, twitter.com slashe cspanwj. or on facebook. there's this point, saying representative jackson and his family should know the speculation is probably worse than the actual problem. they've had plenty of experience with it. ryan on the phone from chicago, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say that i think there's been too much media overkill on this issue. of course, representa
you go back through history, you look at ronald reagan in 1985. granted, he was the president, but when he got cancer and was at bethesda naval hospital, we had ex-usual crating detail with charts and graphs and all that. but does that apply in this case? probably not. i think each case has to be looked at differently. so it's a very tough question to answer. host: the comments of david lightman, joining us on the phone. he covers congress for mcclatchy newspapers. thanks very much for checking...
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ronald reagan, he made a really big push to hold the senate that when he won the white house. and democrats retook the senate that year. he made what his advisors called an unprecedent push to elected vice president. in 1988, bill clinton was president in 1994 when the democrats lost the house of the senate for the first time together in 40 years. and his second term fund raising was driven in part by a few things. one of the more interesting story is it eclipses any president that i've studied. when bill clinton was re-elected, the d.n.c. was in debt. he wanted to try to win back the house in the senate that had been lost for the first time on his watch. he wanted to help elect vice president to the presidency and he wanted to try to elect his wife to the senate. on top >> on top of that, if the impeachment proceedings. he was active on the campaign trail. it could have changed the whole complexion of proceedings on capitol hill. it was remarkable extent to which president clinton dedicated himself to the second term. he did not have to. i imagine president obama will as well
ronald reagan, he made a really big push to hold the senate that when he won the white house. and democrats retook the senate that year. he made what his advisors called an unprecedent push to elected vice president. in 1988, bill clinton was president in 1994 when the democrats lost the house of the senate for the first time together in 40 years. and his second term fund raising was driven in part by a few things. one of the more interesting story is it eclipses any president that i've...
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ronald reagan, you talked about him. what is going on with these red states with guys like you who are in all white districts, you are protesting against president obama because you were raised in a time when you thought you were better than everyone else. taxes need to be raised. also, reagan redressed and it changed social security. taxes need to be raced. georgia is one of the poorest states. guest: thank you for the call, james. i am not protesting president obama. i think his policies have failed. you talk about education and bank in georgia, the average teacher salary i think is $54,000 a year. in georgia, it is $52,815 a year. nationwide, the average teacher's salary is $44,000 a year so we are paying our teachers in georgia a higher average salary than the national average. you are right. the educational system in georgia is one of the lowest. why is that? we have to focus on those problems paying than president reagan was a big spender but he had a democrat congress to deal with for six of the eight years he was
ronald reagan, you talked about him. what is going on with these red states with guys like you who are in all white districts, you are protesting against president obama because you were raised in a time when you thought you were better than everyone else. taxes need to be raised. also, reagan redressed and it changed social security. taxes need to be raced. georgia is one of the poorest states. guest: thank you for the call, james. i am not protesting president obama. i think his policies have...
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those things, like the 1984 ronald reagan, it defined ronald reagan. we are comfortable with that. last time we checked, he got more votes than george bush did in 2000. 92% of the republican base. he is doing pretty good. i think he is doing fine. he may not doing it in a way you all think is the way to do it, but he is doing it his way, comfortable with that. and that think the message will resonate. people want this country to turn around. they are scared to death. they are afraid of the economic mess in europe will be here, and they want somebody to fix it. it is a clear choice. you have a president who is a nice guy but who cannot fix it, does not have a clue how to fix it. mr. romney -- all of life, taking on tough problems, bringing good people and solving the problems. easy pick, in my mind. you did it over the next 70 days and he will be in great shape in november. >> if mitt romney becomes president, a big reason will be that so many white voters have turned away from barack obama. only a quarter of non-college graduate whys are voting for barack obama -- whites are voting
those things, like the 1984 ronald reagan, it defined ronald reagan. we are comfortable with that. last time we checked, he got more votes than george bush did in 2000. 92% of the republican base. he is doing pretty good. i think he is doing fine. he may not doing it in a way you all think is the way to do it, but he is doing it his way, comfortable with that. and that think the message will resonate. people want this country to turn around. they are scared to death. they are afraid of the...
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ronald reagan is going to be remembered for that forever. he had a great sense of humor. host: a comment on twitter. however says a sense of humor is very important. obama often makes me laugh. he has a great delivery. here is what john says -- having a good writers is not the same as having a sense of humor. thank you for all your calls, coming up next we will. campaign 2012 and a foreign- policy. where the candidates stand. and later on jonathon turley of george washington university law school. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> i have to be honest with you. i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it is interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. do not you think that it is time for him to finally put together a vision of what he will do next four years if he is elected? he has to come up with this over the weekend. there is only one debate left. >> let us recap what we learned last night. his tax plan doesn't add up. jobs.lan doesn't create deficit deduction plan adds to the deficit. everybody here has heard of the n
ronald reagan is going to be remembered for that forever. he had a great sense of humor. host: a comment on twitter. however says a sense of humor is very important. obama often makes me laugh. he has a great delivery. here is what john says -- having a good writers is not the same as having a sense of humor. thank you for all your calls, coming up next we will. campaign 2012 and a foreign- policy. where the candidates stand. and later on jonathon turley of george washington university law...
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the fact that you use ronald reagan as an icon, and not mention ever that ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times during his tenure, so yes, there was success during a number of his years. you never mentioned the wars, and the obscene money that has gone out of the door for these illegal occupations that started under george bush. you do not mention taking care of the doughnut hole, the legal occupations. host: let's get some response. a lot on the table there. guest: thank you for calling. i am glad you get a kick out of me. let me take on one issue about ronald reagan raising taxes. there were 11 attacks raises, but which tax raises, -- tax raises, but when he took office, the economy was in a freefall. what i find annoying is obama and his advisers say he took over during the greatest recession since the great depression, but reagan took over during an even greater economic crisis. i graduated from college and could not get a job as a burger flipper. that was a brutal decade. reagan brought inflation down. we stabilize the currency under paul volcker and ronald reagan. by the way, mos
the fact that you use ronald reagan as an icon, and not mention ever that ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times during his tenure, so yes, there was success during a number of his years. you never mentioned the wars, and the obscene money that has gone out of the door for these illegal occupations that started under george bush. you do not mention taking care of the doughnut hole, the legal occupations. host: let's get some response. a lot on the table there. guest: thank you for calling. i am...
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guest: ronald reagan stood his ground and ronald reagan, at the end of the book i quote, ronald reagan, one of his terrific viewpoints where he said i believe, and i still believe, that america is that shining city on a hill. he had a very sunny view of america, he was not a negative campaigner, he wasn't a negative person. i think the great appeal of ronald reagan was he -- was that he had a great positive vision of what america could be, that shining city on a hill and while i disagreed with him politically, how could you have not at least personally felt that this was a good person who was often underestimated by his detractors but really one of the -- wanted the best for this country. we don't have to demonize the other side just because we don't agree with him. host: what is thanksgiving or a family reunion like for alan colmes? guest: there's usually a dry cleaning bill and removal of cranberry sauce. we have a rule, we don't talk politics when we're together as a family. i think it's a lot safer that way. host: we'll go to mike in akron, ohio, independent line with alan colmes.
guest: ronald reagan stood his ground and ronald reagan, at the end of the book i quote, ronald reagan, one of his terrific viewpoints where he said i believe, and i still believe, that america is that shining city on a hill. he had a very sunny view of america, he was not a negative campaigner, he wasn't a negative person. i think the great appeal of ronald reagan was he -- was that he had a great positive vision of what america could be, that shining city on a hill and while i disagreed with...
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when ronald reagan got into office, he started regulating everything. before he got out of office, missouri was losing its shoe factories. in 1991, our factory closed and sold as several others. -- and so did several others. these people are not for the american people. they are out for the rich people in this country and i think it is sad when a democrat gets into office, they turn into bullies. they don't want the democrats to get a thing done. i think it is so pathetic. they are getting paid to work for this country and instead they are just a bunch of bullies. host: what about her sentiment? guest: i think vice president joe biden is interested in these issues. one thing he has worked and in the by president say is a task force or a commission -- in the vice presidency is a task force to work on this. these issues about jobs being exported and jobs leaving and about diminished security for the middle-class -- the questions that joe biden has thought a lot about. at a general level, he would be quite comfortable talking about this with paul ryan and
when ronald reagan got into office, he started regulating everything. before he got out of office, missouri was losing its shoe factories. in 1991, our factory closed and sold as several others. -- and so did several others. these people are not for the american people. they are out for the rich people in this country and i think it is sad when a democrat gets into office, they turn into bullies. they don't want the democrats to get a thing done. i think it is so pathetic. they are getting paid...
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i just can't say enough good about ronald reagan i just can't. the first president i over voted for was gerald ford. i was very proud to cast a vote for gerald ford. had he run for president, i really think mike huckabee would have gone down in history as being a great president had he not backed out and decided not to run. host: other stories making news news this is traditionally tech today but it is a sunday. taxes are due to the federal government and state government on tuesday, april 17. :"cq weekly" is focusing on taxes -- it says main street retailers are being put at a disadvantage. the congress is focusing this week as they returned from a two-week recess, on taxes. bellevue, fla., democrats lined -- caller: good morning, i would have to say harry s. truman for a variety of reasons. he truly integrated the united states armed forces and as much as he took the minority population in the armed forces and brought them into the mainstream whereas prior to his administration, their tasks and the meal. -- had been menial. he incorporated tusk
i just can't say enough good about ronald reagan i just can't. the first president i over voted for was gerald ford. i was very proud to cast a vote for gerald ford. had he run for president, i really think mike huckabee would have gone down in history as being a great president had he not backed out and decided not to run. host: other stories making news news this is traditionally tech today but it is a sunday. taxes are due to the federal government and state government on tuesday, april 17....
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we saw this in 1984 against republican president ronald reagan. we saw that in 1996 against democratic president bill clinton. when the incumbent has no primary challenge and when there's a huge fields on the other party side, so much of the early campaign is an audition for who can be the most vitriolic and most confrontational against the incumbent. that is what we saw here for months. it is one of the reasons why mitt romney stands in the position he does today. as we saw from the exit polls in iowa and i think it's true here, which is, among those that said defeating obama was their number one priority, mitt romney got 41% of the caucus votes. if it is driving the other republicans crazy. we saw newt gingrich yesterday basically explodes at this motif. he said i cannot stand this electability argument about about romney. three out of four people at the caucus said that romney was not acceptable. part of it is a complement to this president. barack obama is extremely good candidates. we saw that on the ground in new hampshire. he is a very deft
we saw this in 1984 against republican president ronald reagan. we saw that in 1996 against democratic president bill clinton. when the incumbent has no primary challenge and when there's a huge fields on the other party side, so much of the early campaign is an audition for who can be the most vitriolic and most confrontational against the incumbent. that is what we saw here for months. it is one of the reasons why mitt romney stands in the position he does today. as we saw from the exit polls...
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he works side-by-side with newt gingrich, with ronald reagan in office. and newt gingrich acts like he's the only man that served with pronld reagan. he's the one that came up with all of the jobs. the best job creator is mitt romn romney. >> let me jump in. we have a lot of callers. interesting to hear from south carolina voters who are going to vote on saturday. kelly in that state. reactions to what kelly said from twitter by melissa e. that goes by dreadful penny 81. she writes, newt's marriage may not be the most important question of the day, but it calls in to question his integrity and character. kelly, a south carolina voter says life for south carolinians is all politicings these days whether or not they would like to escape it. no way to escape the barrage of negative political ads. here's what henderson writes, with voters heading to the polls in a clear win or go home contest for most of the remaining presidential candidates, there's no way to escape the onslaught of political ads here. the majority is negative. voters come home to find mailb
he works side-by-side with newt gingrich, with ronald reagan in office. and newt gingrich acts like he's the only man that served with pronld reagan. he's the one that came up with all of the jobs. the best job creator is mitt romn romney. >> let me jump in. we have a lot of callers. interesting to hear from south carolina voters who are going to vote on saturday. kelly in that state. reactions to what kelly said from twitter by melissa e. that goes by dreadful penny 81. she writes,...
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bush and before that president ronald reagan. we have to talk about action. with what the president said, it sounded very logical. he said many of the right things. the one challenge i would have for the democrats, which is something that we have to -- they need to come to grips with it as well -- is that when i hear, for example, the president talking about immigration, we tend to talk about it as a onetime situation. we secure the border, and then we take care -- we have a path to legalization. we take care of the kids. we have a dream act. we have done it. that is only half of the job, maybe even less. the big challenge is where do we go from here? are our caps big enough? i will give you an example. in agriculture it takes four months to get a permit to work as a temporary worker because you have to go through agencies and bureaucracy. in for months, your harvest is gone. it does not work for the marketplace. i would like to hear the president talking about where the democrats are also willing to go in the future, and to think about this as an economic, s
bush and before that president ronald reagan. we have to talk about action. with what the president said, it sounded very logical. he said many of the right things. the one challenge i would have for the democrats, which is something that we have to -- they need to come to grips with it as well -- is that when i hear, for example, the president talking about immigration, we tend to talk about it as a onetime situation. we secure the border, and then we take care -- we have a path to...
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everything in this program is either george bush did it, ronald reagan did it, or if you disagree with obama you are a racist. i kind of get tired of hearing the kind of stuff. i wish that people would let up on this racism stuff, get smart, and vote for mitt romney. host: thank you for the call, from west virginia. chicago, this is available on our website. one of the questions -- if reelected, what would a second term look like for the president? what is his vision for another four years? [video clip] >> we did it your ways and it was a failure for the country. there may be issues on which we fight and disagree, but where we disagree -- where we can agree is on where we find that common ground. host: eric is on the phone from atlanta, democratic line, good morning. caller: bush and reagan destroyed this country. the vision of reagan was the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. this was the program that they put together. not letting it democrat impose his vision of the united states. also, reagan, it was set in iran. reagan was no great president. clinton got back in offi
everything in this program is either george bush did it, ronald reagan did it, or if you disagree with obama you are a racist. i kind of get tired of hearing the kind of stuff. i wish that people would let up on this racism stuff, get smart, and vote for mitt romney. host: thank you for the call, from west virginia. chicago, this is available on our website. one of the questions -- if reelected, what would a second term look like for the president? what is his vision for another four years?...
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i knew ronald reagan and respected ronald reagan. this is the obama derangement syndrome you just heard word for word. the idea that president obama admits he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits it and bush denied it. look where he is today, look what he's accomplished in his lifetime, look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him, rather than, which this guy just did, that's the book, go after him personally. they cannot help themselves. host: michael savage, radio talk show host, you quote him saying "president obama is more of a terrorist than hugo chavez." guest: what can i say? how can you stoop to that level? i think they lose all credibility at that point. when you say something so outrageous. tom cradle also said he thought barack obama was more dangerous than al qaeda. now, sure, there are crazies like our last caller who are going to believe that but i think most of the american people know that's just nonsense. host: there is a narrative. gues
i knew ronald reagan and respected ronald reagan. this is the obama derangement syndrome you just heard word for word. the idea that president obama admits he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits it and bush denied it. look where he is today, look what he's accomplished in his lifetime, look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him, rather than, which this guy just did, that's the book, go after him personally. they...
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kennedy's inaugural address and ronald reagan's inaugural address. they said government should be in service to the people. what does it mean in modern terms? what is a smaller government? smaller government is smaller in scale in terms of the number of employees. is the government responsive to the people of? if you have a government that is telling people that is telling people -- a government that is telling people that the gulf coast is not doing what is right in terms of oil and gas, that is not a response of our small government. host: some more numbers we got from your organization regarding millenials and their thoughts on national security. independence 61% and indebtedness to foreign powers, 52%. 80% see china as a danger both economic and military. only 22% would decrease production of domestic oil sources -- domestic in its resources like oil and natural gas and coal. 53% believe lowering business taxes will increase hiring. 59% believe the economy grows when people are allowed to create businesses without government interference. many fa
kennedy's inaugural address and ronald reagan's inaugural address. they said government should be in service to the people. what does it mean in modern terms? what is a smaller government? smaller government is smaller in scale in terms of the number of employees. is the government responsive to the people of? if you have a government that is telling people that is telling people -- a government that is telling people that the gulf coast is not doing what is right in terms of oil and gas, that...
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we have lost a lot of jobs in the public sector, jobs we did not lose under ronald reagan. government grew more in the reagan recovery that did it during the obama recovery. we need a conversation about the deficit. i did not see how we will achieve balance unless we have some combination of cuts and tax increases. we need some tax increases. we are an aging population. health care costs have risen. we have to figure out how to contain a that. i wish we could repeal the aging of the baby boomers. how are we going to pay when all these people retire and still approach a balanced budget? we've been kind of stymied because people have not been willing to say, "we need to raise some taxes." host: you said government is the solution in your "the washington post" column yesterday. guest: i get frustrated with my side of the argument. conservatives have been waging a focus campaign for over 30 years in government. ronald reagan said government is the problem. often they do not directly defend government. they say, "i'm really for the private sector." liberals become out and say we
we have lost a lot of jobs in the public sector, jobs we did not lose under ronald reagan. government grew more in the reagan recovery that did it during the obama recovery. we need a conversation about the deficit. i did not see how we will achieve balance unless we have some combination of cuts and tax increases. we need some tax increases. we are an aging population. health care costs have risen. we have to figure out how to contain a that. i wish we could repeal the aging of the baby...
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our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction in the unemployed. we are seeing a gain in gdp. osama bin laden, whom president bush said that he did not give much thought to, is now dead. we took care of the situation in libya with no feet on the ground and now lives lost. i think that our standing right now is much better than it was prior to president obama coming into office. host: we are just about out time. let's listen to our guest. guest: the caller certainly had a lot to say. the fact of the matter is that republicans are always concerned about the national debt and deficit. democr
our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction...
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it was someone who will follow in the footsteps of a ronald reagan or margaret thatcher. of all the candidates, i am the one who has been leading. i would ask the question, where were the other candidates during the fight for obamacare. mitt romney, who instituted socialized medicine. rick perry, who also got behind health-care mandates. they are never going to repeal obamacare. i'm the only one who will. host: let's get to the phones and hear what america has to say. virgil on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. my question for representative bachmann is, with the majority of our financial support going towards ron paul than any other candidate -- how can you justify your comments that ron paul's foreign policy is dangerous and that he would wait until one of our cities got nuked before responding? i do not understand how our own military can support ron paul. guest: i do not know how our military could support ron paul either. he would be the most dangerous precedent that we could have. he is to the left of barack obama. he is more libe
it was someone who will follow in the footsteps of a ronald reagan or margaret thatcher. of all the candidates, i am the one who has been leading. i would ask the question, where were the other candidates during the fight for obamacare. mitt romney, who instituted socialized medicine. rick perry, who also got behind health-care mandates. they are never going to repeal obamacare. i'm the only one who will. host: let's get to the phones and hear what america has to say. virgil on the line for...
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ronald reagan was older, and he is a well-regarded amongst voters in the party. host: herald joins us from virginia on our democrats' line. caller: good morning. i am just so fed up with this [unintelligible] -- people of color. they do not have anything straight. they are planning our president obama -- they are blaming our president obama for all the spending and deficit which the previous administration created. guest: i think it is important to keep in mind that in politics, the argument is good. sometimes it can be distressing when one side is being critical of the other side but that is very important for our democracy. two competing companies competing for you as a consumer are going to have an argument over price, and the same type of argument goes on in politics. it can be distressing if a candidate that you like where the president is being criticized, but those types of critiques are important for our democracy. in the end, most, if not all of the people involved, in politics and in washington are very patriotic people and have good intentions and beli
ronald reagan was older, and he is a well-regarded amongst voters in the party. host: herald joins us from virginia on our democrats' line. caller: good morning. i am just so fed up with this [unintelligible] -- people of color. they do not have anything straight. they are planning our president obama -- they are blaming our president obama for all the spending and deficit which the previous administration created. guest: i think it is important to keep in mind that in politics, the argument is...
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ronald reagan is the one who started this union-busting business. that was eight years of that. clinton did not help a lot by passing nafta, because he let all the labor laws slide through the cracks in order to get it passed. it has never changed. obama has not done enough to earn the union vote. host: robert, a strong defender of the unions in nashville, tenn.. guest: like i said earlier, and there's a historic context to this. the history of union and organized labour in this country have contributed mightily to the economic prosperity and to the strength of this nation. host: howard on the republican line from marietta, california. go ahead, howard. are you there? we will get back to howard. let's go to emily on the line for democrats from little rock, arkansas. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: i am a first-time caller. i have been watching your show many times. this time, i had to call in. i want to thank you, mr. raul grijalva. i am a flight attendant with a major airline. i've been a flight attendant for approximately 36 years. i'm 63 years old. i've been
ronald reagan is the one who started this union-busting business. that was eight years of that. clinton did not help a lot by passing nafta, because he let all the labor laws slide through the cracks in order to get it passed. it has never changed. obama has not done enough to earn the union vote. host: robert, a strong defender of the unions in nashville, tenn.. guest: like i said earlier, and there's a historic context to this. the history of union and organized labour in this country have...
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guest: my old boss ronald reagan used to say let's do what's right and the politics will take care of themselves and that is the advice we would give to any governor or president, for that matter, that comes in under very difficult circumstances. chris krisie -- christie followed that, do what's right, explain to the people why you're doing it, whatever short term pain might be involved, tell them there will be a better day ahead and that's what happened in wisconsin, some very, very tough times at first, but once people understood that the reforms were not going to result in massive firings or layoffs, and that the schools and the government would continue to function, and at the same time, we could get expenditures down and balance our budget, they understood what governor walker was trying to do. that's what elections are supposed to be about. that's the point of the piece i wrote, that your government is supposed to do things and to explain to the public why they've done that. then the next election, the people will have a chance to decide whether they liked the reforms or not. my
guest: my old boss ronald reagan used to say let's do what's right and the politics will take care of themselves and that is the advice we would give to any governor or president, for that matter, that comes in under very difficult circumstances. chris krisie -- christie followed that, do what's right, explain to the people why you're doing it, whatever short term pain might be involved, tell them there will be a better day ahead and that's what happened in wisconsin, some very, very tough...
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you would not support ronald reagan today if he was running for congress today. the reality is people vote for you to do something good for the country, not to go against the other party. your principles are not important to me. the country comes first. that is what you as a politician do, what is good for the country, not just stand and attack. guest: again, we try to focus on the facts. i agree that elected officials should do what is good for the country. i would ask how good is our country doing. our debt keeps going up. you can compensate. we think that policy matters, who serves matters. if you want better policies, we have to elect better people. we are pro-economic growth. our job is to promote pro-growth policies. people that will vote a pro- growth agenda that will -- if they serve in congress. new jersey. john, independent line. caller: the tea party is an extreme of the american -- it is time for an independent candidate to step up and to get rid of this two-party system. the democrats and republicans have been given their chances to make our country
you would not support ronald reagan today if he was running for congress today. the reality is people vote for you to do something good for the country, not to go against the other party. your principles are not important to me. the country comes first. that is what you as a politician do, what is good for the country, not just stand and attack. guest: again, we try to focus on the facts. i agree that elected officials should do what is good for the country. i would ask how good is our country...
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my first election was 1976 and i watched the battle between ronald reagan and gerald ford, and ronald reagan's message resonated because it spoke to the sense of who i was as an individual. it sounded a lot like my mom who talked about going out and making good things happen. i think that is the strength of the party's message if they stayed to it. you do not have to cater to and due out reached to black folks. you need to talk to all people and have a sense of where we want to take the country, why leadership will make a difference, and how they will be better off. back because they're going to create a new government program, -- and not because we are quick to creating new government program, but because we are going to free them up to pursue the american dream. in this election, i think mitt romney can make the argument, not run away from his successes and failures, because veddas part of the american experience. we want people to share that. not say it is better to give you the fish then teach you how to fish or chicken than teach you how to 6 -- -- than teach you how to fish. i t
my first election was 1976 and i watched the battle between ronald reagan and gerald ford, and ronald reagan's message resonated because it spoke to the sense of who i was as an individual. it sounded a lot like my mom who talked about going out and making good things happen. i think that is the strength of the party's message if they stayed to it. you do not have to cater to and due out reached to black folks. you need to talk to all people and have a sense of where we want to take the...
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kennedy did, as ronald reagan did, as george w. bush did, and in fact, the bush tax cuts resulted in a 13% increase in revenue. the president knew that. he said that if you keep money in the private sector, it is not the government put the money, it is the people's money. if people keep the money, they could invest, hire more people. i believe tax cuts clearly create jobs, which then increases revenue and the bush tax cuts prove that point. i would be happy to get that information to you. do not hesitate to contact my office a i am telling the truth. host: barbara. south dakota. independent line. caller: good was just curious, e elected as a representative, senator, or congressman, i understand you are part of either the democratic or republican party, but once you are elected, is it not your duty to represent both parties, the democratic and republican, because you are our elected official? is it not your responsibility to look at both sides and take the best pieces from both sides and decide what is went to work best for the peop
kennedy did, as ronald reagan did, as george w. bush did, and in fact, the bush tax cuts resulted in a 13% increase in revenue. the president knew that. he said that if you keep money in the private sector, it is not the government put the money, it is the people's money. if people keep the money, they could invest, hire more people. i believe tax cuts clearly create jobs, which then increases revenue and the bush tax cuts prove that point. i would be happy to get that information to you. do...
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because i'm a conservative like ronald reagan, i believe in immigration. there's a fundamental problem with what some of this caller is saying. i don't think they represent the majority of republicans. fact, if you see all the polling for the american people, democrats and republicans, they favor border security, they also favor legal zation and a robust worker program. the reality is nobody likes to enter illegally. the problem is that we have a market need, a labor market need for foreign workers. in certain sectors of our economy. there are certain jobs that americans don't want to do or frankly jobs where no americans of working age to do it. our society is aging. so we need to find a way to fix the system so people can come here legally. we don't like illegal immigration. i don't think even undocumented immigrants like illegal immigration. guest: i agree with that. guest: so we need to fix the system so people can come in the country to work legally and in a dignified way. but because of the unions a mechanism that would allow for the legal flow of wo
because i'm a conservative like ronald reagan, i believe in immigration. there's a fundamental problem with what some of this caller is saying. i don't think they represent the majority of republicans. fact, if you see all the polling for the american people, democrats and republicans, they favor border security, they also favor legal zation and a robust worker program. the reality is nobody likes to enter illegally. the problem is that we have a market need, a labor market need for foreign...
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you are talking about the debt ceiling, it was raised 12 times under ronald reagan. you people are trying to destroy this economy, because you hate president obama because he's a black man. thank you. guest: there's a lot in that. i don't think the last thing is even worth a comment. that's just not true. relative to debt, this administration has put huge amounts of debt -- president obama had said that he would slash the deficit by a half in his first term. unfortunately, he's more than doubled it, just the opposite of what he said he was going to do. so there's much more debt that's been put on by, unfortunately, this administration than previous administrations. what the gentleman mentioned about chicago right now and the violence that's occurring there and the deaths and shootings, he's absolutely correct. it's been pretty tragic right now. it's something, of course, is a local issue. it's something the city of chicago needs to deal with. but this economy is a very, very rough economy. and this administration made a decision early on when they took over and when
you are talking about the debt ceiling, it was raised 12 times under ronald reagan. you people are trying to destroy this economy, because you hate president obama because he's a black man. thank you. guest: there's a lot in that. i don't think the last thing is even worth a comment. that's just not true. relative to debt, this administration has put huge amounts of debt -- president obama had said that he would slash the deficit by a half in his first term. unfortunately, he's more than...
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ronald reagan and tip o'neill sat down and figured out a way to extend the life of social security. the president tried to do several things this summer. we do need to do with entitlements and in a balanced way. the republican approach is to cut entitlements. everybody needs to sacrifice, just seniors and not just the middle class. host: $110 million raised by the rnc. compare that to the dnc. $137 million. not terribly much more than the rnc on hand. guest: is that number right, hand?soon guest: i will take her on that. host: i will double check those numbers. the rnc was able to turn the money situation around. guest: we had a bad couple of years. we brought in a new chairman. ande looked at our spending said what do we need and what we need to focus on. what we need to do to do the best job possible. get rid of everything that doesn't help us win the election. talk to the donors. getwe're going to do it them on board. we have a record number of donors back into the fold. you see record numbers of donors to the rnc. what you're seeing is not just how much we are raising but how mu
ronald reagan and tip o'neill sat down and figured out a way to extend the life of social security. the president tried to do several things this summer. we do need to do with entitlements and in a balanced way. the republican approach is to cut entitlements. everybody needs to sacrifice, just seniors and not just the middle class. host: $110 million raised by the rnc. compare that to the dnc. $137 million. not terribly much more than the rnc on hand. guest: is that number right, hand?soon...
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ronald reagan had only three. guest: you have superpac money flooding in and $1 billion flooding into this campaign. the president did what he thought he'd need to do. host: will it change after this election? guest: if you look at how the campaigns are spending their money, there is not a lot of waste. i thought all along that the best way is the ability to do instant reporting in today's society. you take away the curtain and bring it down to truly where this campaign is. all of the money into the campaign. do away with superpacs and have no ceiling on individual contributions and let the people see exactly what is happening. if there is a george soros -- on the republican side, i cannot know who we could mention -- but the candidate takes the heat. guest: the koch brothers would be mentioned. they need to take the money out of the process so candidates can spend their time focusing on the people's business. host: the washington post pointed out that karl rove has not had success predicting outcomes. he says a c
ronald reagan had only three. guest: you have superpac money flooding in and $1 billion flooding into this campaign. the president did what he thought he'd need to do. host: will it change after this election? guest: if you look at how the campaigns are spending their money, there is not a lot of waste. i thought all along that the best way is the ability to do instant reporting in today's society. you take away the curtain and bring it down to truly where this campaign is. all of the money...
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host: you came to washington when tip o'neill was speaker of the house and ronald reagan was president in 1982, 30 years in the senate, has it changed? >> the institution has changed, washington has changed, but the country has changed. all of this polarization and inability to agree that people see in washington is a reflection, frankly, of what we see, what i see it nationwide. there is great polarization in the general populace. the media is polarized. there is very little effort on the part of the media to try to present any kind of balanced view of the issues being debated. i think that reinforces the polarization. congress reflect that and makes it very difficult for us to agree on what steps to take. host: let's turn back to energy issues -- guest: i certainly support and more nuclear power generation but i think the thing that is holding that back now is the economics of it. it is expensive to build a new nuclear power plant and very cheap to build a new gas-fired power plant. but typically with gas as cheap as it is, speaking about natural gas, that is used for power generatio
host: you came to washington when tip o'neill was speaker of the house and ronald reagan was president in 1982, 30 years in the senate, has it changed? >> the institution has changed, washington has changed, but the country has changed. all of this polarization and inability to agree that people see in washington is a reflection, frankly, of what we see, what i see it nationwide. there is great polarization in the general populace. the media is polarized. there is very little effort on...
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. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan opposing 1987 speech from west germany. also, this weekend on this3, our series the contenders. this sunday a 7:30 p.m.. republican candidate james lane. this weekend on c-span 3. blaine.es host: this is about revelations the u.s. and israel were a coubehind it. people have gotten agitated about this in recent days. guest: that was a big story. reporters and pundits had speculated about that for years. there was widespread belief that the u.s. and israel were probably behind it because it had done so much damage to the iranian centrifuges, apparently, but this story came out and quoted numerous officials as saying the obama administration signed on to a program begun by president bush called olympic games, which was very much a covert effort to launch cyber attacks. that was quite a huge newsbreak. so it has sort of reached a tipping point in this town where people on capitol hill in particular are wondering why we have had a number of leaks culminating about covert operations. previously ther
. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan opposing 1987 speech from west germany. also, this weekend on this3, our series the contenders. this sunday a 7:30 p.m.. republican candidate james lane. this weekend on c-span 3. blaine.es host: this is about revelations the u.s. and israel were a coubehind it. people have gotten agitated about this in recent days. guest: that was a big story. reporters and pundits had speculated about...
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host: president obama yesterday brought up ronald reagan. this is what he had to say. [video clip] >> would you accept a budget package, a deficit reduction plan, that involves $10 of cuts for every $1 in revenue increases? 10 to 1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue. not one of them raise their hand. think about that. ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a socialist understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. he did it multiple times. he could not get through the republican primary today. host: your reaction? guest: reagan did do a deal for $3 in spending cuts for each dollar in tax increases. he passed it. the tax increases were probably enacted by congress. the spending cuts never materialized. he said his biggest regret was when he did that deal. he would frequently joke where is my $3. there was a similar but trailed to george h. w. bush when he cut a deal that was supposed to be $2 in spending cuts. we got all the tax increases but n
host: president obama yesterday brought up ronald reagan. this is what he had to say. [video clip] >> would you accept a budget package, a deficit reduction plan, that involves $10 of cuts for every $1 in revenue increases? 10 to 1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue. not one of them raise their hand. think about that. ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a socialist understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, for him to make a deal he would...
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host: you see ronald reagan watching the proceedings. there was a lot of back-and- forth and horsetrading great going into that convention, it was not clear that gerald ford would have enough delegates on the first ballot. if that did not happen, potentially pandemonium with the specter that convention hall. guest: yes, they would have made the party structure in november and they were only off by 2%. given all the things that gerald ford had coming in, a disastrous debate, a debatable choice as bob dole as a running mate and yet he only lost by 2points. ultimately, voters don't decide until late october and that could be the case this year. host: headline from " the new york times"--- many viewers say this is a fantasy. guest: mitt romney is way ahead in delegates. his lead will increase as time goes on and we move into these winner-take-all states like connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania, rhode island. these are the states are highly favorable toward mitt romney. it comes to the point where he will start getting so far ahead
host: you see ronald reagan watching the proceedings. there was a lot of back-and- forth and horsetrading great going into that convention, it was not clear that gerald ford would have enough delegates on the first ballot. if that did not happen, potentially pandemonium with the specter that convention hall. guest: yes, they would have made the party structure in november and they were only off by 2%. given all the things that gerald ford had coming in, a disastrous debate, a debatable choice...
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now, i'm 64 years old so i remember that ronald reagan came into office and he inherited an economic situation similar to that which obama inherited. the unemployment rate reached 10.8% early in his presidency. but his prescription was almost the exact opposite of obama's. his prescription was smaller government, lower taxes and less government regulation. and 3 1/2 years into his presidency, our economy was creating more than 300,000 jobs a month despite the fact that the population of the country was smaller then than it is now. host: i'll stop you there. thank you for the call and the comment. mayor foxx said one of the pages that the romney campaign hopes to use in 2012, a comparison to what jimmy carter gave ronald reagan and what george w. bush gave barack obama. guest: well, you know, i think i'd like to see that comparison because the thing that ronald reagan did not inherit was the worst recession in 70 years. and that makes all the difference. because simultaneously, what the president had to do was to try to keep the economy from going off the deep end and then to quickly
now, i'm 64 years old so i remember that ronald reagan came into office and he inherited an economic situation similar to that which obama inherited. the unemployment rate reached 10.8% early in his presidency. but his prescription was almost the exact opposite of obama's. his prescription was smaller government, lower taxes and less government regulation. and 3 1/2 years into his presidency, our economy was creating more than 300,000 jobs a month despite the fact that the population of the...
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they believe in ronald reagan's trickle down theory and everything about going to war. you look at iran. iraq was there also. but it's something we went in there illegally because there was nothing that was done. they had nothing to do with 9/11. but they wanted to make you believe that's the reason why. you consider all of the candidates, no matter how they spin it, no matter what the rhetoric is coming from, they all think the same way, just remember george bush and dick cheney. these guys will pull them every time. nobody wants to consider that. if you think about george bush, it never gets mentioned, none of this stuff. never mention his name. going to run for -- going to run for office. and george bush -- >> glen, thank you for calling. a reflection via twitter this morning of all of the folks that were up there, one of them is going to be president, according to this viewer. one thing i'm confident of, last night, we heard from the president to be elected in november. here's the front page of the boston sunday globe. of course, not far from the action in new hamps
they believe in ronald reagan's trickle down theory and everything about going to war. you look at iran. iraq was there also. but it's something we went in there illegally because there was nothing that was done. they had nothing to do with 9/11. but they wanted to make you believe that's the reason why. you consider all of the candidates, no matter how they spin it, no matter what the rhetoric is coming from, they all think the same way, just remember george bush and dick cheney. these guys...
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as far as social security goes, ronald reagan already raised the age on me. it does not need to be raised again. they need to take the cap off. let people retire at a decent age when the younger people start working. host: let me give this some opinions this morning. the new york times editorial page. we will talk about foreign affairs coming up around 8:45 eastern time when we have a roundtable discussion with two reporters about the president's agenda. also this morning, lots of in the papers about the cliff walk. karl rove had a piece about why he thought the president won. he said -- fred barnes, a conservative also writes -- he will be our guest tomorrow morning to talk about the future of the republican party. tv ratings for election night approached 2008 records. this is from "the new york times." may break it down by networks in case you are interested in that. rebuttal raises questions about his role. one of fox executive one floor up when karl rove questioned why fox was calling ohio for president obama, the team of producers allowed him to say on t
as far as social security goes, ronald reagan already raised the age on me. it does not need to be raised again. they need to take the cap off. let people retire at a decent age when the younger people start working. host: let me give this some opinions this morning. the new york times editorial page. we will talk about foreign affairs coming up around 8:45 eastern time when we have a roundtable discussion with two reporters about the president's agenda. also this morning, lots of in the papers...
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i believe the way we could get revenues in is the way that ronald reagan did by growing the economy and incentivizing work and risk taking and business creation to create a bigger pool of money. lot during this recession andtse wht working and businesses are not making profits, there is not a lot to tax. host: jody on twitter wants to talk about tax rates -- guest: when tax rates go up, you stifle economic activity. the easiest way to explain if you tax something at 100%, you are not going to get anything done. when you reduce the tax rates, what you do is incentivize people to work harder and take risks. the lower the capital gains tax rate, the more likely people are to invest in new equipment. if you keep raising the tax rate, people will say it is not worth it because the government takes a huge share of whatever i make. i am not suggesting that people are cheating but i am saying that high tax rates -- we are living in a global economy. we have a high corporate tax rate. we have a high tax rate on investment. if you do that, you will incentivize people not to invest in the u.s., bu
i believe the way we could get revenues in is the way that ronald reagan did by growing the economy and incentivizing work and risk taking and business creation to create a bigger pool of money. lot during this recession andtse wht working and businesses are not making profits, there is not a lot to tax. host: jody on twitter wants to talk about tax rates -- guest: when tax rates go up, you stifle economic activity. the easiest way to explain if you tax something at 100%, you are not going to...
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host: let's talk about ronned -- ronald reagan for a minute. guest: i don't see constitutional problems with ronald reagan but with richard nixon. you have to call it straight. when a republican president messes around with the constitution, you have to say so and when the democratic president does as obama does now, you have to see that happen. host: fred barns, the real reagan out this morning from "the weekly standard" and inside, he points out this. reagan's own writings, the four elements of the conventional profile that he was uninformed, detached, dependent on advisors and lazy and in his piece, fred barnes points out not only his personal experience in interviews with ronald reagan in the 1980's but a number of books including the reagan diaries. guest: no, i knew reagan pretty well and i sometimes smile when i see these caricatures of him. he was very well informed. a lot of intellectuals think is that if you are smart and well informed, you have to be agonistic. you have to be restless with ideas and sweating and so forth. reagan was
host: let's talk about ronned -- ronald reagan for a minute. guest: i don't see constitutional problems with ronald reagan but with richard nixon. you have to call it straight. when a republican president messes around with the constitution, you have to say so and when the democratic president does as obama does now, you have to see that happen. host: fred barns, the real reagan out this morning from "the weekly standard" and inside, he points out this. reagan's own writings, the four...
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he said, i will govern like ronald wilson reagan who is my hero. c-span3 joe mccutchen -- host: joe mccutchen, the self- described number one fan at of mitt romney. we will talk about the u.s. manufacturing sector, jobs and the economy tomorrow. ed whelan to talk about the decision by the obama administration requiring church employees to cover birth control. the kaiser family foundation on medicaid and the uni
he said, i will govern like ronald wilson reagan who is my hero. c-span3 joe mccutchen -- host: joe mccutchen, the self- described number one fan at of mitt romney. we will talk about the u.s. manufacturing sector, jobs and the economy tomorrow. ed whelan to talk about the decision by the obama administration requiring church employees to cover birth control. the kaiser family foundation on medicaid and the uni
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ronald reagan has come up 50 times. no one has asked for his endorsement. guest: he is still not someone that a candidate wants to embrace. there is still bush fatigue out there. house andn the white the president bring him up, he has come back into the conversation a little bit. he is not someone that the party -- the party has not sorted out how they feel about george w. bush. they're still division within the party about that and no one is actively going to be seeking his endorsement. host: in the new york times, maureen dowd. talking about what the president faced with jan brodeur in arizona, and she concludes with one point, the president can be thin skinned but the governor can be that headed. -- fat headed. guest: if you remember that david axelrod memo about his concerns with the president. he worries about what the people think about him. this is a president there reads everything, he digests everything, he did not read the entire book that he read that excerpt, and the meeting that she felt -- that he felt she had mischaracterized. it brought the
ronald reagan has come up 50 times. no one has asked for his endorsement. guest: he is still not someone that a candidate wants to embrace. there is still bush fatigue out there. house andn the white the president bring him up, he has come back into the conversation a little bit. he is not someone that the party -- the party has not sorted out how they feel about george w. bush. they're still division within the party about that and no one is actively going to be seeking his endorsement. host:...
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ronald reagan once said we can trust the people. i guess that is why i go back to the process we have in place that lets the american people express their views. and to our friend in cape cod, i hope you are involved in terms of local municipal and state government but in massachusetts because that is the government closest to you -- but in massachusetts, because that is the government closest to you. there is an important senate race, a congressional race as well as the presidential race. there are checks and balances in the system so things do not happen quickly. they do not change quickly, but we do have the opportunity to really make a difference and get the country back on track, i think. >> edwin feulner is co author of "american spirit." he is the president of the heritage foundation and joined as a founding trustee in 1973 and became president just four years later. he writes a weekly column you confined in dozens of newspapers and websites across the country. he was given the presidential citizens medal in 1989 by president
ronald reagan once said we can trust the people. i guess that is why i go back to the process we have in place that lets the american people express their views. and to our friend in cape cod, i hope you are involved in terms of local municipal and state government but in massachusetts because that is the government closest to you -- but in massachusetts, because that is the government closest to you. there is an important senate race, a congressional race as well as the presidential race....
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my friend -- favor president has been ronald reagan, because he preached basically strength is the best way to handle our adversaries. the second book is the bob woodward book, showing obama's lack of confidence. a non-negotiator who is over his head completely. the third reference, every fair minded american should see a, 2016, "obama's america." everyone should see it. when i was at the movie, my wife is a very liberal teacher, and people were standing up singing god bless america. people are scared stiff of obama. host: one last call, darlene. caller: i would like to say that i am very disappointed in obama. that he does not talk to these foreign leaders. he has hillary do it. is that not sad? he does not do it, hillary has to do his work. he lies about the foreign wars over there. that is what i call them, because of of fighting. he does not do anything about it. there is one other question i would like to less -- how much is it costing the taxpayers to pay for all of the trips that michelle obama takes, flying all over the country about her sugar and her obesity? when she went over
my friend -- favor president has been ronald reagan, because he preached basically strength is the best way to handle our adversaries. the second book is the bob woodward book, showing obama's lack of confidence. a non-negotiator who is over his head completely. the third reference, every fair minded american should see a, 2016, "obama's america." everyone should see it. when i was at the movie, my wife is a very liberal teacher, and people were standing up singing god bless america....
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ronald reagan, three time. host: next call comes from a republican in alabama, brenda. you are on the "washington journal." what do think of the president invoked executive privilege? caller: if they considered all the pages, and the committee would keep this information that is national security issue private and not release it to the public, but the committee consider all these issues, i did not understand why the documents could not be released. at least the public would accept that we've gotten to the bottom of it and we know all the information that is possible to be known. that is my question. host: we want to show you the front of the "chicago tribune." linda from mississippi. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i believe this is a political witch hunt and the reason why congress has a 9% approval. i don't believe they should release these documents. they do not belong in the hands of congress. i am proud of president obama for taking this stance on this situation. it shows that he has it and he is ready for another four more years. >> gail from new jerse
ronald reagan, three time. host: next call comes from a republican in alabama, brenda. you are on the "washington journal." what do think of the president invoked executive privilege? caller: if they considered all the pages, and the committee would keep this information that is national security issue private and not release it to the public, but the committee consider all these issues, i did not understand why the documents could not be released. at least the public would accept...
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voted for ronald reagan. -- it did not sound like somebody who voted for ronald reagan. it was a series of talking points. out by the obama campaign. i cannot think of anything to say. host: this politico story talks about a poll from earlier this summer and that americans trust obama over mitt romney on social issues. 52% to 36%, according to an ap poll from june. what makes you think republicans want to have the social argument? guest: a more specific question came up from the gallup organization about a month ago right after people were digesting the fact obama had endorsed same-sex marriage. they asked voters if his support of same-sex marriage makes you more or less likely to vote for mr. obama. although it was divided 50/50 as to whether people supported same-sex marriage or not, twice as many voters said it made it less likely. that is the bread and butter of elections, what really moves the vote. in north carolina, they had a referendum during the primaries. same-sex marriage and civil unions were rej
voted for ronald reagan. -- it did not sound like somebody who voted for ronald reagan. it was a series of talking points. out by the obama campaign. i cannot think of anything to say. host: this politico story talks about a poll from earlier this summer and that americans trust obama over mitt romney on social issues. 52% to 36%, according to an ap poll from june. what makes you think republicans want to have the social argument? guest: a more specific question came up from the gallup...
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host: chairman of gopac and democratic chairman and assistant to president ronald reagan, deputy assistant to the president at the white house, served on the white house chief of staff . talk about debate negotiations. how do you negotiate the debates? what are the terms that you're looking at? guest: this has become much more sophisticated over the years. when we negotiated the 1984 debates, the entire agreement was encompassed in three pages and now they go on for pages and pages. take into consideration every single requirement as far as lighting and staging and how you're going to address both candidates. do you call him mr. president or m r. obama. the color of the set all of those sorts of things. it's become a lot more complicated over the years. now, the commission on presidential debates, who i think do a very good job, they get heavily involved now too. they're involved in the process. host: what do you think lot was made of the moderator from the first debate, jim lehrer. how he moderated the debate? the commission came out with a statement days after said he did what he asked h
host: chairman of gopac and democratic chairman and assistant to president ronald reagan, deputy assistant to the president at the white house, served on the white house chief of staff . talk about debate negotiations. how do you negotiate the debates? what are the terms that you're looking at? guest: this has become much more sophisticated over the years. when we negotiated the 1984 debates, the entire agreement was encompassed in three pages and now they go on for pages and pages. take into...
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ronald reagan. i'm not sure that anyone in the repartee today, with the republicans the way they are going after reagan, in a little concern for the future. i see them being pretty much scared of the liberals today. i think people are a little more open minded today. maybe in the next 20 to 30 years, i'm not sure where the republican people will be. i am concerned with their policies going back to the 1950's end of 1960's. we need to move forward as a nation. even now i am a barack obama supporter, i was concerned about him not being there in wisconsin. i was hoping i would see barack rally around the union workers there. i was a little concerned about that. i am supportive of him. i am concerned that if romney does get in office, and you think that will have to do with the super pacs and all the money. i think we should give barack obama for more years -- four more years. i think it will take another few years, maybe four years or five years to get this economy back. host: the president yesterday v
ronald reagan. i'm not sure that anyone in the repartee today, with the republicans the way they are going after reagan, in a little concern for the future. i see them being pretty much scared of the liberals today. i think people are a little more open minded today. maybe in the next 20 to 30 years, i'm not sure where the republican people will be. i am concerned with their policies going back to the 1950's end of 1960's. we need to move forward as a nation. even now i am a barack obama...
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caller: i am calling from the home of ronald reagan. he lived right down the street. my question -- no, i have been falling politics. i remember in 2000 when george w. bush became president. we had a $259 billion budget surplus. then the republicans took control of the house and senate. they were talking about, yeah, we're going to give $1.2 trillion in tax cuts. in 2003, i believe it was $1.30 trillion in tax cuts. everybody said, no, do not do it, because you're going to blow a $5.60 trillion hole in the budget. and now, that is one of my questions. also, you said policies that are supposed to be job-related and everybody can see that these bills that you send over, you knew, you your heart that these bills would not be taken up by the democrats because that is the way you wanted it because you are falling right with mitch mcconnell, that you want to make this a one-term president. you need to answer to the american people why, one, did you distribute the wealth from the middle-class, the poor, to the upper class, and we'll look at 1 million galt -- jobs during the
caller: i am calling from the home of ronald reagan. he lived right down the street. my question -- no, i have been falling politics. i remember in 2000 when george w. bush became president. we had a $259 billion budget surplus. then the republicans took control of the house and senate. they were talking about, yeah, we're going to give $1.2 trillion in tax cuts. in 2003, i believe it was $1.30 trillion in tax cuts. everybody said, no, do not do it, because you're going to blow a $5.60 trillion...
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of course few people remember in 1980 the only debate between ronald reagan and jimmy quarter and next day, reagan opened up to a huge lead and it was a dead heat race. guest: this shows my nerd democrats dom. '80, people thought reagan was ahead and that was not true. this was a very close race until that debate and ronald reagan, the knock had been he was the governor of california, this guy was an actor, was he up to the job and keep soured on carter but they weren't sure, and to ed's point, when you saw them together, reagan looked presidential. what does that mean, it looks like you can lead the country, it looks like you can lead us both domestically and in foreign policy. point to go the '08 debates, one of the things people say, is barack obama going to do a star turn. what did barack obama do? very serious, very careful, but sober of the challenges before him. so it wasn't --o his challenge was people thought he's a rock star, loves the way he does speeches but what does he do, and in the debates he proved he was credible on the economy, foreign policy and ready to be presiden
of course few people remember in 1980 the only debate between ronald reagan and jimmy quarter and next day, reagan opened up to a huge lead and it was a dead heat race. guest: this shows my nerd democrats dom. '80, people thought reagan was ahead and that was not true. this was a very close race until that debate and ronald reagan, the knock had been he was the governor of california, this guy was an actor, was he up to the job and keep soured on carter but they weren't sure, and to ed's point,...
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a philosophy that john kennedy had and ronald reagan has. you want to lower the tax base and broaden the base. we have heard many discussions about how many americans are not paying taxes. if we get more people back to work and paying taxes and contributing, that does have a rising tide and does lift all boats. do we want to have a lower tax rate with more people paying ai? host: jim is on the republican line from corpus christi, texas. caller: one of your guests made the remark that in ohio, being a purple state, they go republican or democrat. they don't have a lot of passion for politics -- politicians to get the job done. i don't think we should wait forever for a difference to be made. another comment i wanted to make, i am a big believer in the best man will win. that this not just apply to candidates running for reelection. the best companies will survive. i think bailing out these things, intervening, it's probably not a good idea. host: thanks for the call from texas. guest: in terms of the impatience of ohio voters, i think he's ri
a philosophy that john kennedy had and ronald reagan has. you want to lower the tax base and broaden the base. we have heard many discussions about how many americans are not paying taxes. if we get more people back to work and paying taxes and contributing, that does have a rising tide and does lift all boats. do we want to have a lower tax rate with more people paying ai? host: jim is on the republican line from corpus christi, texas. caller: one of your guests made the remark that in ohio,...
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i have voted for ross perot, the first bush, ronald reagan, clinton, i will pick a candidate for what they stand for. my employer has denied any health insurance, we have health insurance at work, but since i am i. diabetic and i have high blood pressure and i am overweight, he was a parade our premiums would go up too much. i was not offer health insurance. i am thrilled obama got reelected this way. the health-care plan will go injuries fact. i will be able to buy health insurance. i buy it privately. but i have been turned down over a dozen times by every major carrier. and stating that i am uninsur able. host: right before we began our continuous live coverage, we were showing you the president's speech. we want to show you a little bit of that now. and remind you that you can watch all of the speeches by both presidential candidates, all of the senate and house committee can watch those all watch c-span.org. here is a little bit of the president. >> we will disagree. sometimes fiercely about how to get there. as it has for more than two come tos, congress will and start from is n
i have voted for ross perot, the first bush, ronald reagan, clinton, i will pick a candidate for what they stand for. my employer has denied any health insurance, we have health insurance at work, but since i am i. diabetic and i have high blood pressure and i am overweight, he was a parade our premiums would go up too much. i was not offer health insurance. i am thrilled obama got reelected this way. the health-care plan will go injuries fact. i will be able to buy health insurance. i buy it...